“Makhachkalateploenergo” shall pay over seen million RUB for abusing dominance
Under a determination issued by Dagestan OFAS on 12th December 2017 to fine to the company for Part 1 Article 10 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition”.
Dagestan antimonopoly body received a collective complaint from the residents of a house on Engels Street, Makhachkala. According to them, “Makhachkalateploenergo”Ltd. was refusing to commission hot water and district heating communal meters and failed to accept payments based on the meter reading.
In September 2016, OFAS found that “Makhachkalateploenergo”Ltd. violated Part 1 Article 10 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition” (abusing dominance). OFAS opened an administrative case against the company for committing the violations, investigating which the 7,666 million RUB fine was imposed.